Sharing with Lao Dong reporter, Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen - General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association - emphasized: Along with the US, Northeast Asia is still a very potential market for Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports . Among them are prominent countries: China, Korea, Japan.
"China, Korea, and Japan are countries with developed economies and will consume a lot of fruits and vegetables, so the Northeast Asian market has great potential. The proof is in the first 6 months of this year (data for 7 months has not been updated yet). Japan - PV), China spent 2 billion 161 million USD to import fruits and vegetables; Korea: 164 million USD; Japan: 98 million USD Vietnamese fruits and vegetables have risen to second place, pushing the US down to third place" - Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen said.
In the Northeast Asian market, China is a large market and has a long-standing traditional trade relationship with Vietnam, with an impressive annual two-way trade turnover value. In particular, this is also a market that favors Vietnam's strong agricultural products and fruits such as durian, dragon fruit, mango, banana, jackfruit, coconut, lychee, longan, watermelon... Of which, durian continues to continue to bring great export value in 2024, followed by other valuable fruits such as: dragon fruit, banana, mango, jackfruit, coconut...
“It is forecast that durian exports will bring in 3 billion USD for the whole year, dragon fruit will earn about 600-600 million USD; mango about 250 million USD; coconut about 240-250 million USD; jackfruit is about 200 million USD... These are strategic products, contributing to bringing Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports to 6.5-7 billion USD this year - Mr. Nguyen commented.
Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen also affirmed: The US continues to be the market bringing in impressive export turnover this year, although Korea rose to 2nd place, pushing the US to 3rd place in terms of market. Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports.
"In 2024, fruit and vegetable exports to the US will still be very optimistic. The basis to believe this is shown in the data of the first 6 months of 2024, the US spent 157 million USD to import vegetables and fruits from Vietnam." - Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen shared.
According to Mr. Vu Tuan Anh - CEO of GLE Company, if it reaches a turnover of 6.5-7 billion USD, vegetables and fruits will join Vietnam's export goods group of over 5 billion USD, on par with the phone product groups. , components, electronics, machinery, spare parts, textiles, wood, seafood...
